'Emotional' Meghan Markle 'blanked' Kate Middleton after last-ditch attempt to end feud

Kate Middleton made a kind last-minute gesture during what was to be Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's final engagement as senior members of the Royal Family .

During the 2020 Commonwealth Day service, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex "became emotional and upset" after they weren't permitted to join the senior royals in the main VIP party. Harry and Meghan reportedly weren't happy when they discovered they were expected to make their own way to the front of Westminster Abbey, where they would wait for the arrival of other Royal Family members.

Trying to diffuse and tension, Prince William and Princess Kate reportedly offered to join Harry and Meghan as they waited for the arrival of the Queen. However, things didn't go to plan.

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Unfortunately, 2,000 already-printed orders of service clearly stipulated that William and Kate would be arriving with the other senior royals. The peace offering reportedly didn't quell tensions, and the two couples appeared to exchange very brief and uncomfortable greetings as they took their seats in the Abbey.

The previous year, Meghan and Kate greeted each other with a peck on the cheek, in a notably warmer and more relaxed meeting. In the book, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors, royal writer Tom Bower suggested a "monumental argument" had occurred after "palace officials ... decided to publicly humiliate [Harry and Meghan]."

Bower wrote: "Reality hit two days later, on 9th March. A monumental argument blew up after Harry was told that he and Meghan could not join the family's procession through Westminster Abbey for the annual Commonwealth Day Service.

"Although the order of service listed Harry and Meghan walking behind the Queen, Palace officials had revised their decision. Suspicious about the Sussexes they decided to publicly humiliate them."

He continued: "Harry was told that having stepped down from royal duties, he and Meghan would sit and wait with the congregation. The prospect of the televised image of their isolation in the Abbey appalled them."

The author also suggested William "had not offered a brotherly welcome" to Harry and claimed Kate was "outright distant" towards Meghan. Tom continued: "Eventually, to end the dispute, William and Kate agreed they too would wait with Harry and Meghan. As the members of the Royal Family filed into the Abbey, the frayed relationships could not be concealed."

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